There is a glaring lack of tracking for global recycling. Poor waste management is deeply connected to climate change, ...

Under the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016, 21 EEE items were notified and information about e-waste generated from these items is available for the last four years (2019-20 to 2022-23).

The number of solid waste disposal facilities and illegal dumpsites in the Philippines increased in 2024 as the country ...

GCC countries have recently demonstrated a growing inclination towards addressing these challenges and transitioning to a circular economy. Various initiatives have been announced across the six ...

Even if 50 per cent more plastic was recycled there would still be a pollution problem, a French minister said this week. In Busan, South Korea countries are trying to negotiate a landmark treaty ...

This means that India’s official plastic waste generation rate (approximately 0.12 kilograms per capita per day (kg cap−1 day−1) is probably underestimated and waste collection overestimated.

This has put the spotlight on waste management as a low-tech, politically palatable way to curtail plastic pollution. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD, which ...

The country generates more than 110 million tonnes of waste annually, with nearly half concentrated in three major cities – Riyadh (21 per cent), Jeddah (14 per cent), and Dammam (8 per cent).